Song is "Save me From Myself" by Christina Aguilera.

"I am hanging up this phone!"

Sami sighed heavily. "Mom, please. Don't do this!"

"Sami, I have nothing more to say to you," Marlena replied in an icy voice. "You've disappointed me, yet again."

"How have I disappointed you?!" Sami cried out. "I didn't do anything to you!"

"This conversation is over." With that, Marlena hung up the phone.

Slowly, Sami put the receiver back down. She could not believe what just happened. She took EJ's advice and called Marlena. She tried to explain to her mother, yet again, why she was doing what she was doing. She hadn't even mentioned EJ's name before Marlena wanted to terminate the conversation.

"I take it that it didn't go so well," EJ said from the other side of the apartment.

"You told me to call her," Sami retorted.

"I thought it would be the right thing to do," he defended himself. "How was I to know she would continue to act like that?"

"I knew she would. But, against my better judgment, I listened to you."

"Samantha, please. Listening to me could never be against your better judgment."

It's not so easy, loving me.
It gets so complicated,
All the things you gotta be.
Everything's changing,
But, you're the truth.
I'm amazed by all your patience,
Everything I put you through.

Sami sighed again. "How do you do it?" she asked.

"Do what?"

"Put up with me," she clarified. "It can't be easy."

"No, it's not," he agreed with a smile.

"Seriously, EJ. You have the patience of a saint to put up with my crp."

"Only because I love you."

And when I'm about to fall,
Somehow you're always waiting with
Your open arms to catch me.
You're gonna save me from myself,
From myself.
You're gonna save me from myself.

Sami still looked so upset by what had just happened with Marlena, EJ felt his heart break for her. He hated to see her like that. It wasn't fair, the way Marlena was treating her. He almost felt guilty about it, since it would just get worse when she found out Sami was with him now.

"Come here," he said to her, holding out his arms.

Sami went to him, burying her face against his chest, his arms coming around her.

"You know," she murmured. "If it wasn't for you, I probably would have cut myself off from the world already."

"It's not just me," he replied. "Hope supports you and so does the rest of your family now. They told you so."

"I know, but you mean the most. I mean, Austin and Lucas and Brandon were there for me through some rough spots, but…they can't compare to you, EJ. I've driven you insane, but you're still here for me."

"Samantha, I'll always be here for you. I've told you that."

"I know. Listen," she said, pulling away from him and the seriousness of the conversation. "I'm gonna go down and get my mail. I'll be right back."

My love is tainted by your touch.
Well, some guys have shown me aces,
But, you've got that royal flush.
I know it's crazy everyday.
Well, tomorrow may be shaky,
But, you never turn away.

Sami came back a few minutes later with the mail in her hands. There were tear-stains on her cheeks and more were pooling up in her blue eyes.

"Samantha…" EJ started.

Without waiting for him to ask what was wrong, she held out an opened envelope to him. He took it from her and read what was inside.

"Sweetheart, I don't understand," he said when he finished reading the paper. "Why are you crying?"

"I'm not sure," Sami half-laughed, wiping a stray tear from her cheek. "I think it's a mixture of sad and happy tears."

"What do you mean?"

Don't ask me why I'm crying
'Cause when I start to crumble,
You know how to keep me smiling.
You always save me from myself,

From myself, myself.
You're gonna save me from myself.

Sami laughed again. "I'm happy because it's finally over. Lucas and I are no longer married! But, it is a little sad in a way. I was with him for so long. Is that wrong of me?"

"No, darling. It's not wrong. But, I do have to ask – which do you feel more?"

"Oh, happiness, of course!" she exclaimed. "It's a relief."

Sami went to sit down on the couch to open her other mail. She saw the divorce papers and immediately opened it to find out if it really was truly over. She hadn't looked through the rest of her mail yet.

There was a letter from the hospital among the junk mail and magazines. Knowing what it was, Sami's fingers started shaking a little as she opened it.

I know it's hard, it's hard.
But, you've broken all my walls.
You've been my strength, so strong.

"What's that?" EJ asked, noticing that Sami looked a little apprehensive before she read the paper inside.

"It's the results from Colleen's test," she replied quietly.

His eyebrows raised slightly, waiting for her to tell him what the final verdict was.

Sami's eyes scanned over the paper in her hand. She read it four times to make sure she was really seeing what she thought she was seeing.

She looked up at EJ. "I love you," she stated.

"Samantha?" he asked gently, not understanding what from the hospital paper could have made her say that.

And don't ask me why I love you.
It's obvious your tenderness
Is what I need to make me
A better woman to myself,
To myself, myself.
You're gonna save me from myself.

Sami stared back at him silently. EJ's heart slowly began to sink. For Sami to look at him with that blank expression, for her to assure him that she loved him, it couldn't be in his favor, he thought.

Suddenly, Sami jumped up and threw herself into his arms. She was crying again. But, this time they were tears of complete and total happiness.

"She's your's, EJ," Sami whispered.